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Adopt-A-Bench program is relaunching in Valdosta
VALDOSTA, Ga. (WALB) - Valdosta Main Street has announced that they will re-launch the Adopt-A-Bench Program. This program will offer community members the opportunity to honor family and friends by adopting a bench in downtown Valdosta. The city of Valdosta describes the Adopt-A-Bench Program as being designed to enhance public...
‘I thank the Lord first’: Valdosta teen set to make full recovery after being hit riding a dirt bike
VALDOSTA, Ga. (WALB) - A Valdosta teen is defying the odds and now is standing on his own after months in the hospital recovering from being hit by a car while riding a dirt bike. 17-year-old Javaunte Brown came out of a coma Tuesday, June 11, exactly one month after...
Something Good: Valdosta annual photo contest celebrates photographers, city beauty
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) -A picture is worth a thousand words, and in Valdosta, it’s worth $200. In today’s something good, the City of Valdosta recognized ten local photographers in their annual People’s Choice Photo Contest!. The event not only celebrates unique perspectives behind the lens, but gives...
Mercer University School of Medicine and SGMC Health Celebrate Opening of Valdosta Clinical Campus and Simulation Lab
SGMC Health Clinical Clerkship Directors: Mercer University School of Medicine Dean Jean Sumner, Valdosta Campus Clinical Leadership James Davis, MD (Surgery); Ene Grace Morgan, MD (OBGYN); Joseph Hayes, MD (Campus Dean); Brian Griner, MD (Pediatrics); Anthony Johnson, MD (Family Medicine); Megan Gallagher, DO (Internal Medicine); and Paresh Thanki, MD (Psychiatry)
Environmental groups pushing to delay Georgia Power gas turbines project
ATLANTA – Georgia Power should delay building three new “dual-fuel” turbines at Plant Yates near Newnan to allow time to consider potentially less expensive alternatives, an independent energy consultant said Wednesday. The Atlanta-based utility received bids late last week in an all-source procurement request for proposals (RFP) to expand its electrical generating capacity to meet Georgia’s rapidly increasing needs for power. Taking the time to evaluate those bids could help Georgia Power reduce its reliance on natural gas, Albert Lin testified during a hearing held...
Georgia schools superintendent says African American Studies course exists
(The Center Square) — While at least one Georgia school system said it won't be able to proceed with its planned Advanced Placement African American Studies course this school year, the state's school superintendent said a course is already on the books. "There has been an African American Studies course code in the catalog of state-funded courses since 2020," Georgia School Superintendent Richard Woods said in a Wednesday statement. "Districts using this course code will receive state funding. Should districts choose to do so, they...
Waiting for an organ transplant? How quickly you get one may depend on your race
At least three people including a Georgia man, have filed a federal lawsuit against multiple hospitals claiming a race-based formula violated his civil rights and caused him serious damage.
Walmart Health spaces to become senior-focused primary care centers
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Walmart Health Center locations in Florida, Georgia, Missouri and Texas are slated to become senior-focused primary care centers, Humana Inc.’s CenterWell health care services announced on Wednesday. The new centers will be located next to Walmart Supercenters in clinical office space formerly occupied by Walmart...
Doctors at Ossoff Decatur hearing say Georgia’s six-week abortion ban endangers patients
Georgia native Dr. Aisvarya Panakam says she was eager to return home to finish her medical training after spending about a decade away from her home state. But then came the U.S. Supreme Court decision in 2022 that overturned federal abortion protections, upending the nation’s health care landscape and her own plans. A month after […]
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